Overview

Political protests against neo-liberal globalization, corporate power and the inequities of contemporary capitalism are increasing all the time. Demonstrations in Seattle, Prague, Genoa and elsewhere have fuelled the debate on the possibility of a radicallly different future. This is a collection of essays from leading Marxist economists on the problems of globalization and the evolution of modern capitalism. It provides a cohesive critique of the weaknesses of the existing system and puts forward an agenda for anti-capitalist thought and action. Covering key issues such as globalization, the nation state, money and finance, conflict and war, technological change, the environment, class struggle, economic crisis, capitalism in the Third World, the collapse of the USSR, and the transcendance of capitalism, this is a useful introduction to some of the most pressing problems of our time.

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Author:   Lecio Morais ,  Alfredo Saad-Filho (SOAS)
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9780745318936

ISBN 10:   0745318932
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   20 December 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction by Alfredo Saad-Filho Part I: Capital, Exploitation and Conflict 1. Value, Capital and Exploitation by Alfredo Saad-Filho 2. Does All Labour Create Value? by Simon Mohun 3. Money as Money and Money as Capital in a Capitalist Economy by Costas Lapavitsas 4. Capitalist Competition and the Distribution of Profits by Diego Guerrero 5. Contesting Labour Markets by Ben Fine 6. Technological Change as Class Struggle by Les Levidow 7. Capitalism, Nature and the Class Struggle by Paul Burkett Part II: Global Capitalism 8. The History of Capitalism by Michael Perelman 9. Globalisation and the State: Where is the Power of Capital? by Ellen Meiksins Wood 10. Financial and Industrial Capital: a New Class Coalition by Suzanne de Brunhoff 11. War, Peace and Capitalism: Is Capitalism the Harbinger of Peace or the Greatest Threat to World Peace? by Christopher Cramer 12. Understanding Capitalism in the Third World by Elizabeth Dore 13. Developing Country Debt and Globalisation by John Weeks 14. Globalisation and the Subsumption of the Soviet Mode of Production under Capital by Simon Clarke Part III: Crisis and the Supersession of Capitalism 15. Capital Accumulation and Crisis by Paul Zarembka 16. Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar US Economy by Fred Moseley 17. Where is Class Struggle? by John Holloway 18. Transcending Capitalism: The Adequacy of Marx’s Recipe by Michael Lebowitz 19. Towards a Society of Free and Associated Individuals: Communism by Paresh Chattopadhyay List of Contributors Index

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'A timely and worthwhile project ... will fill a major hole in the currently available literature.' Professor Duncan Foley, Professor of Economics, New School University, NY

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Alfredo Saad-Filho teaches political economy in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.

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